This article was originally published on the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) website and is republished with permission. Top photo: Wild Pacific salmon reef net fishing boats off Lummi Island, Washington. Credit: Edmund Lowe/Getty Images. A half century of progress has been made toward abundant fisheries and thriving coastal communities, but there is still much […]
Top photo by John McMurray On April 13, 2026 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a press release announcing its newest version of the National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Policy (Policy), which stated that “The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance for NOAA Fisheries’ consideration in its deliberations pertaining to development and maintenance […]
Theresa Labriola of Wild Oceans joined the Network for a Waterside Chat with the Marine Fish Conservation Network on April 6, 2026. Watch now: Follow on Substack In a wide-ranging discussion, Theresa and host Tom Sadler talked about: How Theresa grew up fishing for striped bass and tuna from her family boat off Rhode Island […]
Read this post on Substack. Top photo: John McMurray The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) plays a big role in East Coast fisheries management. It has the primary responsibility for drafting and updating management plans for important commercial and recreational species such as striped bass, red drum and menhaden, while also working with the […]
Top photo by John McMurray Legislation introduced into the House of Representatives on October 8, 2025 represents a real threat to the federal recreational fisheries data collection process, and to how that data will be used in the management process. H.R. 5699, the so-called “Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2025,” was introduced by […]
Early in 2014, a group of recreational fishing and boating industry organizations, organized under the aegis of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, issued a policy document titled “A Vision for Managing America’s Saltwater Recreational Fisheries” (Vision Statement), which noted that “Spending by saltwater anglers generated more than $70 billion in economic output, supporting more than […]
This article was originally published on the One Fish Foundation blog on July 16, 2025 with an update (at the bottom of this article) on July 18, 2025. It is republished with permission. Since I launched this blog in 2015, I’ve written about Bristol Bay, Alaska and the effort to protect it from the proposed […]
Atlantic bluefin tuna, photo courtesy of Wikipedia In recent years, fishermen have seen a resurgence of Atlantic bluefin tuna off the United States coast, with 2024 commercial and recreational landings some of the highest in many years. In fact, as things stand now, 2024 bluefin landings, when combined with dead discards, were a little too […]
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